FSD

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system is supposedly receiving “superhuman” improvements to come soon, set to benefit the standard Autopilot system too. Until then, we’ll just have to settle for “average human” self-driving, which, as it turns out, is still pretty impressive. In a new video released by Sofiaan Fraval and James Locke, both FSD beta testers […]

One burning question Tesla owners have had for the longest time is whether their Autopilot add-on of Full Self-Driving, would be transferrable to their vehicle purchase from the company. According to this exact question posed during today’s Q4 2020 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk answered it to say it’s not coming anytime soon. The Tesla […]

Currently, Tesla’s Autopilot Full Self-Driving (FSD) add-on costs a cool $10,000 USD. But that add-on follows the car and not the owner who paid for it. What about if you purchased FSD and then want to trade in your Tesla for a newer model? It would make sense for FSD to be considered as part […]

Tesla offered a last-minute incentive during the final days of 2020 to push for deliveries, offering a free 3-month trial to Full Self-Driving (FSD) for new owners. This freebie may have helped the company achieve its goal of surpassing 500,000 cars built in a single year. Now, we’re seeing new Tesla owners share 3-month FSD […]

In a final push for end of year deliveries, Tesla will be giving a free 3-month trial of Full Self-Driving to the last deliveries of 2020. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday afternoon, “All Tesla cars delivered in the final three days of the year will get three months of the Full Self-Driving option […]

Tesla has dropped the price of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) upgrade for select Enhanced Autopilot (EAP) owners, as the price is now showing as $5,000 USD in the U.S. The upgrade would bring full FSD features such as Traffic Light and Stop Sign Control. To those EAP owners who wanted a cheaper FSD @marc_benton it […]

In a new ranking of multiple advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) popular in China from 42Mark, the Tesla Model 3’s Full Self-Driving landed first place in a set of criteria that takes multiple situations and environments into account (via @Ray4Tesla; translated). The made-in-China (MIC) Model 3 landed a total score of 283, with the BMW X5, […]

Last night, Tesla released its 2020.44.15.4 software update for Full Self-Driving beta testers. As expected, testers were quick to test this latest beta software and have again shared videos online. The release notes don’t include any major changes, so this update is for bug fixes and ongoing improvements to FSD. 2020.44.15.4 releases notes can be […]

Tesla has just pushed out its 2020.44.15.4 Full Self-Driving beta update to testers. This release comes just four days after 2020.44.15.3 was released for FSD beta testers. As for what’s new in this Tesla 2020.44.15.4 software update? According to @brandonee916, the release notes “appear identical to previous”, meaning it is just for bug fixes and […]

Tesla launched an Easter egg back in April 2016, aptly dubbed ‘rainbow road’, paying tribute to the famed course in Nintendo’s Mario Kart. To enable the rainbow road Easter egg, all you need to do is activate Autopilot four times in a row. As CEO Elon Musk put it at the time, “Activate autopilot 4X […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reaffirmed the expansion of its current Full Self-Driving beta program, noting on Friday evening, “Probably going to a wider beta in ~2 weeks.” Probably going to a wider beta in ~2 weeks — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 28, 2020 Musk previously confirmed the FSD beta program would “hopefully” expand to […]

In a video released Thursday, YouTube host and Tesla owner Chuck Cook shares a sample of the newly-released Full Self-Driving (FSD) beta version 5 and Smart Summon. The video shows a moderately-successful Smart Summon, with some problems showing up more regularly than others. The first couple of tests show the Smart Summon feature making it […]

In a recently published video on YouTube, user Chuck Cook again puts Full Self-Driving Beta 5 (version 2020.44.15.3) on his Model Y through a comprehensive set of scenarios that range from stop signs and traffic lights to busy intersections and heavy traffic. Full-Self Driving (FSD), currently in limited public beta, is Tesla’s proprietary driver assistance technology, and […]

When will Canadians be able to test Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta? It may come next month in December, according to CEO Elon Musk on late Wednesday. Responding to a query on an ETA for FSD beta for Canada from Tesla Owners Silicon Valley, Musk replied, “hopefully next month”. Numerous Tesla owners have been pushing hard […]

Canadian James Locke has been sharing numerous videos of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta and his latest puts today’s FSD beta 5 to the test, again in Santa Clarita, California. The video is a test drive to Saugus High School and back. Tesla released 2020.44.15.3 today for FSD beta testers, known as ‘FSD beta 5’ Elon […]